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Photoshop on Hosted Servers – Policy Statement
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not legal advice. Adobe may change this policy at any time without notice. Additionally, your
license terms may differ. Please review your specific Adobe agreement for terms that apply to
your use of the software (“Product License Agreement”).
Discussion
Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Extended, or Photoshop Elements deployed on server, including
hosted server software (e.g., Citrix)
Licensing Policy
According to the EULA, Section 2.4 provides:
“2.4 Server Use. You may install the Software on Computer file server(s) within your
Internal Network only as permitted by Section 2.2. The total number of users (not the
concurrent number of users) able to use the Software on such Computer file server(s)
may not exceed the Permitted Number.
By way of example, the foregoing does not permit you to install or access (either directly
or through commands, data or instructions) the Software: (a) from or to a Computer not
part of your Internal Network, (b) for enabling web hosted workgroups or services
available to the public, (c) by any individual or entity to use, download, copy or
otherwise benefit from the functionality of the Software unless licensed to do so by
Adobe, (d) as a component of a system, workflow or service accessible by more than the
Permitted Number of users, or (e) for operations not initiated by an individual user (e.g.,
automated server processing).
Application
For server use, installing desktop licenses in a server based environment is generally allowed, so
long as the total number of users (computers), (not concurrent users) who can access the
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